TY - JOUR
T1 - Is the feeling mutual? Examining parent-teacher relationships in low-income, predominantly Latino schools
AU - Miller, Hannah
AU - Valentine, Jessa Lewis
AU - Fish, Rachel
AU - Robinson, Michelle
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - Strong parent-teacher relationships are critical to students’ academic success. Mismatches in parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of each other may negatively affect children’s outcomes. Using survey data collected from parents and teachers in 52 low-income, predominantly Latino schools, we explore subgroup variation in parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of their relationship, and we examine the potential of a school-based family engagement program to shift these perceptions. We find notable misalignment in parents’ and teachers’ perceptions when parents are Spanish-dominant Latinos. We also find that a family engagement program improves parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of their relationship but does not eliminate the gap between teachers’ and Spanish-dominant Latino parents’ perceptions of one another.
AB - Strong parent-teacher relationships are critical to students’ academic success. Mismatches in parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of each other may negatively affect children’s outcomes. Using survey data collected from parents and teachers in 52 low-income, predominantly Latino schools, we explore subgroup variation in parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of their relationship, and we examine the potential of a school-based family engagement program to shift these perceptions. We find notable misalignment in parents’ and teachers’ perceptions when parents are Spanish-dominant Latinos. We also find that a family engagement program improves parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of their relationship but does not eliminate the gap between teachers’ and Spanish-dominant Latino parents’ perceptions of one another.
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U2 - 10.1086/688167
DO - 10.1086/688167
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994631239
VL - 123
SP - 37
EP - 67
JO - American Journal of Education
JF - American Journal of Education
SN - 0195-6744
IS - 1
ER -